Ten things magazine journalists should know
Posted by Mediascaper on April 3, 2009
Courtesy Stephen Adler, BusinessWeek editor-in-chief, who offered his list of things magazine journalism programs don’t tell their students. Here are the first three:
1. Your career will probably depend on luck.
2. Few journalists write really well, so you have an advantage if you can, especially as editing resources shrink.
3. Despite the current hard times, students have an advantage over professionals because they have tech skills, and aren’t entrenched in the hierarchy.
Go to Adler’s Ten Things to read the rest.
